"promoting education and gender equality in malawi"
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Hendrina Givah, National Co-ordinator, FAWEMA. Providing a perspective from Malawian civil society on the challenges and opportunities in promoting education and gender equality in Malawi.TRANSCRIPT
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GENDER EQUALITY THROUGH EDUCATION IN MALAWI: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Dr Jane Cullen and Dr Lore Gallastegi
on behalf ofMrs Hendrina Givah (National Co-ordinator FAWEMA)
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What is FAWEMA?
FORUM FOR AFRICAN WOMEN EDUCATIONALISTS IN MALAWI
(FAWEMA)“Supporting Girls and Women to
Acquire Education for Development”
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FAWEMA
• Vision: To enable girls and women to exploit their full potential in order to effectively contribute towards community and national development.
• Goal: To advance girls’ education and women’s empowerment through education.
• Strategy: Fostering positive policies, practices, and attitudes towards girls’ education
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FAWEMA members planning activities
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Cultural Challenges
• Puberty• Caring responsibilities– Community– Family– School
• Harmful cultural practices• Early marriage• Sexual violence
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FAWEMA sanitary pad
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Educational Challenges
• Physical challenges– School buildings– Distance to schools
• Lack of female role models in schools
• Lack of enough qualified teachers
• Fees in secondary schools– Self-boarding
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Rural classroom
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Opportunities to promote gender equality
• Mother Groups• Gender Responsive Teaching• TUSEME clubs: Speak Out clubs• Female hygiene education• Bursaries and awards• Influencing policy making
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Latrines built in for girl learners
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Girls returning to school after Mothers group initiative
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Gender responsive training at TTC
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Opportunities for young mothers
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Malawi Access to Teaching Saltire Scholarship
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Malawi Access to Teaching Saltire Scholarships
• 1000 women in 4 districts returning to education in their local communities
• Working in rural schools as Teaching Assistants, acting as role models for girls
• Studying to retake secondary examinations which could give them access to teacher training
• Helping to change perceptions among teachers about girls’ and women’s role in education
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Suggested ways forward
• Establish accountability forums; use a “name and shame strategy” of districts with high school drop outs’. Hold duty bearers (MPs, Councilors and local chiefs and parents) accountable by empowering children and communities
• Reward communities, committees, teachers of school whose drop out rates are decreasing.
• Lobby governments to make (lower) secondary school education free• Increase supply of teaching/learning materials and infrastructures
including sanitary facilities for girls• Introduce mobile laboratories/libraries for rural schools to increase access
to laboratory/reading facilities and science camps for rural girls (& boys in examination classes)
• Empower young people through empowerment camps and identifying youth ambassadors to help fight early marriage
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
ZIKOMO KWAMBIRI!